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March 2010
Tuesday 2nd March
7.15pm Evening Communion led by Revd Robert Creamer
Sunday 7th March - 3rd Sunday in Lent
10.30am All Age Worship led by Mrs Karen Pattison
6pm Circuit United Service at Christ Church led by Revd Dr Liz Smith, Chair of the Leeds Methodist District
Saturday 13th March
11.10am Shopper's Service led by Matt Wright, Lay Worker
2pm-4pm Messy Church led by Matt Wright, Lay Worker
Sunday 14th March - Mothering Sunday
10.30am Morning Worship led by Matt Wright, Lay Worker at Christ Church
Sunday 21st March - 5th Sunday in Lent
10.30am Morning Worship including Holy Communion led by Revd Sandra Griffiths of Roundhay
Sunday 28th March - Palm Sunday
10.30am Morning Worship led by Revd Robert Creamer
NB: Details of services held in previous weeks (on a rolling 4/5 weeks basis) can be found by looking at the Printed Notices
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A message from our first Messy Church - watch out for our next one!
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LEEDS
Christ Church is within the Leeds East Methodist Circuit of the Leeds District of the Methodist Church and also part of the Leeds Mission and Care Group of the URC.
We also work with neighbour churches in both Churches Together in Leeds 15 and the One Voice group of churches of Halton, Halton Moor , Osmondthorpe and Richmond Hill e.g. All Saints , Corpus Christi , Gateway , Newbourne , St Philip and St Wilfrid .
OUTSIDE THE UK We are generally considered to be an outward looking church. One factor which helps us to focus on this is the facility to hear first hand accounts not only from our own ministers, ex-ministers and members,young and not so young, actively involved with countries mentioned but also from visits by our partners overseas. This brings it all to vivid life.
Listed below are just a few countries with which Christ Church has strong and enduring links:
Bangladesh via Commitment for Life
Ghana via the Wesley Guild of Methodist Church Ghana
India (the social work of Revd Chandru Hoolgeri in Bagalkot District, Karnataka State, South India) via Revd Keith Hunt , one of our ex-ministers and Margaret Webb (of Christ Church).
Christ Church also has connections with Sethu Child Development and Family Guidance Centre in Goa through Sue & Roger Guy (also members of Christ Church).
Nigeria through the Nigeria Health Care Project and Methodist Church Nigeria and in particular through their Health and Medical Secretary, Deaconess Ronke Oworu appointed in February 2009. Her appointment (dealing solely with health and medical matters) has improved communications tremendously.
Since the inception of the Project in 1992, Christ Church Halton has been and continues to be the administrative and spiritual hub of the charity with the support of our Circuit and Leeds District. Of the 23 current Trustees and Committee Members of NHCP no less than 8 are current or former church members at Christ Church. They are, in order of joining the Project, Peter Grubb (co-founder and Chair); Margaret Webb (Vice-Chair); Jack Liversidge (ex-Treasurer);Revd Ruth Crompton ; Brian Poulter (Secretary); Peter Young (Treasurer); Yvonne Thornton (Minutes Secretary) and most recently Sheila Staveley.
Methodist Church Nigeria honoured Peter Grubb and Margaret Webb in December 2006 by making them Knights of John Wesley at a ceremony at Willersley Castle in recognition of the work of the Project.
Romania via the White Rose Initiative (if you are interested see Joyce or Barrie Rudge for the Newsletter) and lastly
Tonga (Marlene Wilkinson , an ex-Minister of Christ Church, has just come back from service in Tonga and CC is one of her link churches. Click her name (and scroll down on Leeds District's page) for her final link letters from Tonga to adults and to children are now available. Her scheduled visit to Christ Church will be found on the News & Events page .
Other Outreach
Christ Church is a Fairtrade Church and has been so for a number of years (since 2002?), has a Christian Aid team of collectors (although more volunteers would be appreciated) and sends shoeboxes for Christmas through Samaritan's Purse (150 boxes in November 2009 via Christ Church from us and our neighbouring churches).
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Christ Church, Halton extends a warm welcome to everyone interested in visiting our church for worship, fellowship, support and friendship. If you are not familiar with our church we hope you will take time to visit us where you will be made most welcome. Being a Local Ecumenical Partnership church, in both Methodist and United Reformed traditions, we welcome people of any or no previous church affiliation to join with us in learning more about the Christian faith.
We have Junior Church who continue their own program of learning, but are happy for those too young to join Junior Church to stay with their carer throughout the service. Recently we have sessions of Messy Church on one Saturday afternoon a month. The first of these proved very popular and we await developments.
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CHRIST CHURCH - Mission Statement
We believe that God is leading us to serve Christ through the guidance of the Holy Spirit:
- To meet regularly for worship and prayer
- To provide a community of peace, friendship and support for all ages
- To develop the spiritual and social growth of all associated with the partnership
- To maintain and develop relationships with our parent denominations and with other local churches
- To be a spiritual and social resource within the local community, working alongside other people of faith or of no faith
- To share in the pursuit of peace, justice and the integrity of creation.
It was for these reasons that the two participating churches, the Halton Methodist Church and the Halton United Reformed Church, came together out of a deep conviction that, if the church is to be a vital part of the community in Halton, then new initiatives in mission are necessary.
(Constitution of Christ Church circa 1989)
(Christ Church also affirms the Leeds East Circuit Mission Statement below)
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Brief History of Christ Church
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Christ Church is a Local Ecumenical Partnership , under the sponsorship of WYEC, bringing together Halton Methodist Church and Halton United Reformed Church. The two churches started worshipping together at Easter 1988.
'The congregations of Halton Methodist Church and Halton United Reformed Church united to become a Local Ecumenical Project known as Christ Church Halton. The first meeting of the Christ Church Council was held on July 20th 1989 and a celebratory service was held on October 1st 1989. On November 6th 1989 Halton URC agreed to ask their Trustees to offer the buildings and site for tender. Plans were made for a new £600,000 Christ Church Halton by JH Langtry-Langton and the builders were WV Patrick Ltd. The old chapel was closed on October 14th 1990 and the start of building was on May 5th 1992: the URC was demolished by September 1992. The takeover at the new church was on April 9th 1993 and the church opened on Easter Sunday 1993. '
(extract reproduced with the permission of John Gilleghan MBE)
The former Methodist Church, which had the larger membership, was demolished in April 1991 to make way for the new Christ Church building. The former United Reformed Church was vacated in February 1992, the building and land being sold in order to invest the proceeds in the new building. Services and all associated activities, from March 1992 until the the new building was completed, were held in the local schools.
The two churches came together with a deep conviction that, if the church was to be a vital part of the community in Halton, new initiatives in mission were necessary. We believe that Christ was, and is still, calling us into this joint venture, that we may together worship, witness and serve in the midst of the neighbourhood in which we are situated. See our Mission Statement to the left of this section.
The Methodist tradition in Halton dates from 1810 and the Congregational (later part of the URC) from 1925. The extract above and a full account of all denominations in Halton and surrounding areas may be found under "Churches and Chapels" on pages 47-57 of local historian John Gilleghan's Halton: the story of an East Leeds Village (Leeds: Kingsway Press, 2004).
Past & Present Ministers of Christ Church
1986 Revd Marlene Wilkinson
1993 Revd Howard Smith
1995 Revd Keith Hunt
1996 Revd Ruth Crofton
2001 Revd Robert J Kitching
2006 Revd Georgina Brotherton
2008 Revd Joyce Nicholson
2009 Revd Robert Creamer
See John Gilleghan's Halton for a list of ministers of the two churches prior to this period.
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We are a group of Churches and community projects working together and ecumenically in East Leeds.
Our purpose is to work for God's kingdom by maintaining Christian communities and places of worship and witness, supporting and overseeing the Churches in celebrating God's love for the world. Empowered by God's Holy Spirit we affirm the gospel message of reconciliation and forgiveness. We share gifts and resources as we work for God's justice, peace and equality for all people through outreach and mission.
(approved at the Circuit Meeting 13th March 2008)
section amended 6th October 2009
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Priorities
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1. To encourage people to follow Jesus Christ
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Achieve through
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1. Using Connexional resources, outreach, publicity and website.
Encouraging people to talk about their faith. By personal invitation. Working with our District Evangelism Enabler
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2. To help people learn and grow as Christians.
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2. Worship, fellowship and study. Monthly Circuit services and other events. Training and support of Local Preachers.
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3. To provide support and pastoral oversight for each Church in the Circuit particularly in areas of special need.
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3. Setting a budget which provides for Ministerial, Lay worker support and Local Preachers and other Circuit involvement.
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4. To encourage and support ecumenical relationships throughout the Circuit.
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4. Building on established ecumenical relationships and agreeing ecumenical priorities.
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5. To encourage support for the worldwide Church and for issues relating to justice, peace and the integrity of Creation.
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5. Provision for educational material/events. Encouraging Churches to set fair-trade and green policies. Raising funds.
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6. To encourage involvement in local community life.
amended 6th October 2009
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6. Participation in community projects and fundraising events.
amended 6th October 2009
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The attached file gives directions for reaching Christ Church by car from most directions or by bus from the City Centre.
last updated October 2009 [/size]
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This website
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Some sections of Christ Church's website are updated weekly i.e. Service times, the Weekly Notices and the Calendar.
The remainder is updated irregularly. Please notify the web administrator Brian Poulter of any errors or omissions. Thank you.
9 March 2010
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